In this session we will examine the creative process as a shared experience leading to new knowledge, ideas and solutions. Participants will explore the potential for transformation through the dynamic exchange of ideas, thoughts and opinions using the Collaborative Learning Community model. In this process, joint responsibility emerges by creating learning spaces and processes that connect individuals to construct knowledge together in a collaborative atmosphere. A series of guided activities will demonstrate problem solving through this lens. This will include an individual movement experience followed by a collaborative small group activity that will result in a collective creative response.

Collaborative project work involves constructing a new understanding through an exchange of knowledge gathered from the contributions of people with diverse backgrounds and disciplines.

This exchange of knowledge is based on dialogue that uses knowledge-as-participation rather than knowledge-as-substance. Knowledge-as-substance considers knowledge to be content that can be transferred from one mind to another. Knowledge-as-participation defines knowledge as something formed in the interaction among individuals – a relational perspective that includes knowledge creation, knowledge development and knowledge sharing in a continuous flow.

The session culminates with a participatory “collective dreaming” activity and discussion to envision what an excellent education means for this region in the 21st century.

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Brainbow: individual neurons of a brain are mapped with fluorescent proteins, which allow the neurons to glow.

Eija-Liisa Ahtila "Where is where?" 2008

Pencil tip micro sculptures by Dalton Ghetti

Mihai Grecu: Coagulate 2008

Shahzia Sikander: The Last Post 2010

Stop, breathe, think, create and act

Fernando Prats, Gran Sur, 2010-11. Commemorating the centennial of the mythical advert that the Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton would have posted in The Times, Prats installed this illuminated text on Elephant Island.